Artificial bait



Dec. 22, 1925- 1,566,812

A. A. BAYER ARTIFICIAL BAIT Filed May 25 1925 i To all whom it may concern:

Patented Dec. 22, 1925. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application fled m 25, 1925. serial No. 3am.

The spindle 1 extends rearwardly and is Be it known that I ALBERT A. BAYER, a formed into a rear loop 6. Its extreme end citizen of the United tates, and resident of is twisted about the main shank of the Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and spindle, as indicated at 7. State of Wisconsin, have invented certain The spinner is formed from a sheet metal new and useful Improvements in Artificial blank and is provided with a pair of up- Baits; and I do hereby declare that the folturned lugs 8 which are apertured and freely lowing is a full, clear, and exact description rotate upon the spindle 1. It is provided thereof. with a propeller 9 preferably approximately This invention relates to artificial baits. centrally and is provided with a pair of for- Objects of this invention are to provide an wardly positioned rounded arms 10 and with artificial bait which is equipped with a spina pair of similar 'rearwardly positioned ner or movable member so constructed that rounded arms 11. From reference to the it will spin when the bait is drawn through *dra'wing, it will be seen that both of the the water at any speed above a redeterarms 10 are turnd outwardly in the same mined speed, and which, when slow y drawn direction and that both of the arms 11 are through the water, will oscillate from side to turned inwardly. A pair of small spacing side. sleeves 12 are positioned upon the spindle Further objects are to provide an artificial upon the outer side of the lugs 8, as shown, bait which has a weighted ofl'set portion to to form substantially frictionless stops for prevent twisting of the line and avoiding the the lugs. use of a swivel, and which is so constructed The hook comprises a' main shank portion that it operates as a very efficient weed or 13 provided with an eyelet 14 freely interobstruction guard and causes the bait to ride linked with the eyelet 6. A plurality of freely over any obstruction without tangling. regularly spaced hooks 15 extend outwardly Further objects are to provide an artificial from the shank, and it is to be noted particubait which is of very simple construction larly from Figure 1, that an eyelet member and may be cheaply manufactured, and 16 extends rearwardly from the common which is provided with a lure receiving eyepoint of the multiple hooks. This eyelet let at its rear end adjacent the hooks to member is adapted to receive a lure of any which any suitable type of lure may be atsuitable kind. This lure, as shown in the tached. drawings, ma consist of a tassel-like por- An embodiment of the invention is shown tion 17 threa ed through the eyelet 16 and in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the device. Figure 2 is a view from the under side of the structure shown in Figure 1.

wrapped, as indicated at 18, to retain it in position. although obviously, any suitable type of lure may be employed.

In using the device, it may be noted that The bait comprises a central spindle 1 the weight 5 will be positioned downwardly formed of a piece of non-corrosive wire. by means of the guard arm 3 and W111 pre- This spindle has an eyelet twisted at its forvent, the spindle from rotatin and conward end, as indicated at 2 to receive the sequently prevent twisting of the line.

. a weight and obstruction guard. This arm 3 fr and unobstructed manner.

line and has its forward end ex n ing Further, when weeds are encountered by the downwardly substantially at right angles to m 3, they are gradually forced downwardits body portion, as indicated at 3, to provide ly and the device rides over the wgeds in a 150 this has its outer arm bent backwardly and guard 3 will permit ready riding of the formed into a ring 4. A lead weight 5 is device over stumps, stones or other obstrucpositioned within the ring and slightly fiattions. When this device is drawn through tened and is thus securely retained in place. the water over a speed of a predetermined A convenient way of making this portion value, the spinner will rotate. However, if of the device is to use an ordinary lead buckthe device is drawn through the water at a shot which isput within the ring 4 and rate below a predetermined speed, it has compressed into the form shown in Figure 1, been found by actual practice that the spinthus shaping itself to the contour of the ner will osci late from side to side as the ring and also gripping around a portion of arms 10 and 11 oppose free rotary motion the sides of the W1 rming the ring. towards which the device is urged by the speed, however,'gives the necessary life-like appearance to the bait.

It will thus be seen that an artificial bait.

has been provided which will be life-like in its operation both at a high and at a low speed and at all intermediate speeds.

It will be seen further that the device is substantially a weed free bait and will rlde over obstructions in a very effective manner.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may be variously embodied and is, therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

I claim:

1. An artificial bait comprising a spindle having a line receiving eye at one end, and a hook receiving eye at its other, an arm extending downwardly from adjacent the first mentioned end of said spindle and having a rearwardly bent weighted portion, a spinner revolubly mounted upon said spindle and having a pair of forward arms, and a pair of rearward arms curved in opposite directions, and a, propeller between said pair of arms, and a movable hook interlinked with said last mentioned eye.

2. An artificial bait comprising a spindle formed of an elongated piece of wire, said wire having its rear end formed into a hook receiving eyelet and being twisted about the shank of'the spindle and having its forward end twisted about said shank to form a line receiving eyelet with the forward end of the wire prqecting downwardly and inwardly and formed into an e elet at its rearmost end, a weight carried y said last mentioned eyelet, a multiple hook connected with the rear eyelet of said spindle, and a spinner formed from a single blank of sheet metal and having a pair of apertured ears revolubl mounted on said spindle and pro jecting rom the same side of said spinner,

said spinner having a pair of forward arms and a pair 0 arms curved in one direction, and the rear pair of arms curved in the other direction and having a propeller intermediate said arms.

3. An artificial bait comprising a spindle having a line receiving eye at one end and ALBERT A. BAYER.

a hook receiving eye at its other en an 45 air of rear arms with the forward 

